President Barack Obama answers questions live in 'fireside hangout'

Obama will answer questions related to his State of the Union address in the hangout. People can vote on which of the roughly 7,500 submitted questions he can answer at the White House's channel on YouTube. In its promotion of the event on Google Plus, the White House coined the event a "Fireside Hangout" and called it "a 21st century take on FDR's famous radio addresses." Franklin D. Roosevelt hosted about 30 radio broadcasts that became known as "fireside chats" ...